Al Beainy Sara, El Hassan Karma
Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Front Psychol. 2023 Mar 9;14:1083998. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083998. eCollection 2023.
This study investigated the relationship between coping strategies used by adolescent refugees in the Palestinian refugees' Shatila camp in Lebanon and posttraumatic growth. Moreover, the study explored and predicted the impact of coping strategies utilized by adolescent Palestinians in Shatila camp, Lebanon on their personal growth and psychological well-being. Data were collected using two questionnaires and a checklist: (a) LEC-5 checklist as an assessment tool to make sure that all the participants have faced or experienced stressful events, (b) questionnaires including the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) to find out the style of coping refugees used, and (c) Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) to identify the factors of growth refugees developed as a result of using different coping strategies. Sixty adolescent refugees at one of the centers in the camp (31 females and 29 males) who benefited from counseling services participated in the study. Adolescent refugees' performance on the checklist and questionnaires revealed the prevalence of stressors among the refugees. The coping strategies mostly utilized were problem-focused coping strategies, as there was a correlation between its factors and some coping strategies, and there were coping strategies used that predict the development of growth among. Finally, as for the counseling and training programs and services, interventions and guidance services seem to better prepare refugees to handle and cope with the stress that they encounter to develop personal growth.
本研究调查了黎巴嫩巴勒斯坦难民沙提拉营地中青少年难民所采用的应对策略与创伤后成长之间的关系。此外，该研究还探讨并预测了黎巴嫩沙提拉营地中青少年巴勒斯坦人所采用的应对策略对其个人成长和心理健康的影响。数据通过两份问卷和一份清单收集：（a）LEC - 5清单作为评估工具，以确保所有参与者都面临或经历过压力事件；（b）问卷包括应对方式问卷（WCQ），以了解难民所采用的应对方式；（c）创伤后成长量表（PTGI），以确定难民因采用不同应对策略而产生的成长因素。营地中一个中心的60名受益于咨询服务的青少年难民（31名女性和29名男性）参与了该研究。青少年难民在清单和问卷上的表现揭示了难民中压力源的普遍性。最常采用的应对策略是聚焦问题的应对策略，因为其因素与一些应对策略之间存在相关性，并且存在一些应对策略可以预测成长的发展。最后，对于咨询和培训项目及服务而言，干预和指导服务似乎能更好地帮助难民做好准备，以应对他们所遇到的压力并实现个人成长。
